"Principal said English Teachers are good singers."
After I heard this, I knew I was in trouble.
A school that is next to ours had a music festival for their schools birthday. The principal from my school went. She thought, "Out school is better than that school and we can do more than they can."
So on October 1st (a saturday and a three day weekend that I was looking forward to, not anymore I guess haha), we are having a sports day in the morning and a musical festival in the afternoon and also my drama class will be performing.
The best part is... I have to be in the teachers choir. I'm a little scared about this... Not the singing part, but the 'when we are practicing part'. If they practice during the school day... Fine, I'll sing my heart out, but if they hold me here after school. I will be one grumpy singer haha. It is times like this where I hate causing a problem. It is just I can't stay late, because I have to get home to let my dog out and to feed him. Otherwise he will pee all over and sometimes vomit if he doesn't get food.
When I tell this to a Korean they say, "He isn't a child." I reply, "Yeah, I know. If he was... He probably could feed himself and let himself out." dur.
Also, since I've been here I know how they put things off until the last minute... So maybe there won't even be a lot of practicing...
Sunday, July 10, 2011
This is how the sun shines.
Last night after getting back from Seoul I was in a mood for a movie. As I paged through my DVDs I saw an old favorite, "Little Miss Sunshine."
As I watched this movie again I thought about what made it so great. Usually in movies there is a problem and then it is solved and everyone is happy. In this movie all the problems of the characters were still there in the end, but they kept on. It showed a part of this families life and their struggles with living and with each other.
I guess the main thing I like is how real it is to life. It shows people at their best and worse. It shows that lifes problems can't be solved in an instant, but sometimes we do something right and then our problems seem less for a bit.
Sometimes it is good to have those movies that give us the "awwww I'm happy cause the boy got the girl and they are together," or the "Yay! The hero killed the bad guy!" Then it is good to have those movies, that show a bit of ourselves in them.
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As I watched this movie again I thought about what made it so great. Usually in movies there is a problem and then it is solved and everyone is happy. In this movie all the problems of the characters were still there in the end, but they kept on. It showed a part of this families life and their struggles with living and with each other.
I guess the main thing I like is how real it is to life. It shows people at their best and worse. It shows that lifes problems can't be solved in an instant, but sometimes we do something right and then our problems seem less for a bit.
Sometimes it is good to have those movies that give us the "awwww I'm happy cause the boy got the girl and they are together," or the "Yay! The hero killed the bad guy!" Then it is good to have those movies, that show a bit of ourselves in them.
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Thursday, July 7, 2011
Sillyness
There has been a lot of sillyness going on this week... I don't want to call it crazyness, because I just need to laugh it off lol.
Some good sillyness is coming from my dog Casanova. He is so funny. He is scared of a lot of things. His major fear however, are large umbrellas. If I am walking with him and my umbrella he tries to get as far away as possible. If I need to stand under the umbrella while outside waiting for him to pee... He won't go. He waits until I put it away. I guess it is fair that we both get wet... haha. Yesterday I had to dry out my umbrella and I left it open in the doorway by his food. I was going to be nice and move his food away, but I told him that he can stop being a chicken and just eat by the umbrella. To my amusement he would grab a mouthful of food and run away to his bed and eat it there. So that is how he ate last night. Grab some food run away from the umbrella and eat it by his bed. I think he wondered why I was laughing at him :D.
Some crazy sillyness has been all about my principal this week. She is a super micro manager and all my coteachers are getting really frazzled since they have to deal with her. It has been about the English library all week...
So in this new library the moms are going to come in the afternoon and help me with the children. So they need their own computer and desk. There was an extra computer down on the second floor so my co teacher asked if they could use it. They got the okay. The computer guy came and they were hooking it up. Then the principal came up and was freaking out! No one told her that they were moving the computer. So she throws a fit and the computer guy has to take it back down to the second floor. She told my co teacher that we can get the computer, but she has to ask again tomorrow.
Second she was angry because there was a small partition blocking my desk from view from the outside. You can just see my head but everything else is blocked. She was mad because she wants everyone to see me... Um they could, but whatever.
Yesterday there were problems too. We were trying to move around my desk and the mom's desk. The principal wanted it a certain way, but it wasn't working. So the mom's found a better way, but we aren't allowed to move our desks until the principal checks the room. (we would be moving the desk about 1 foot forward, but still we must ask lol).
Last week she was mad about the special English play. In the play there wasn't enough English and it was kindof silly. However, she wanted to get the cheapest one. Now she is mad that it was bad. I guess no one ever told her that you get what you pay for...
Last the students were going on a feild trip to a bunch of different places. That morning principal had a dream about an accident and canceled the trip. Poor kids.
So in the end be Casanova silly and not principal silly ;). People will like you more for it!
Some good sillyness is coming from my dog Casanova. He is so funny. He is scared of a lot of things. His major fear however, are large umbrellas. If I am walking with him and my umbrella he tries to get as far away as possible. If I need to stand under the umbrella while outside waiting for him to pee... He won't go. He waits until I put it away. I guess it is fair that we both get wet... haha. Yesterday I had to dry out my umbrella and I left it open in the doorway by his food. I was going to be nice and move his food away, but I told him that he can stop being a chicken and just eat by the umbrella. To my amusement he would grab a mouthful of food and run away to his bed and eat it there. So that is how he ate last night. Grab some food run away from the umbrella and eat it by his bed. I think he wondered why I was laughing at him :D.
Some crazy sillyness has been all about my principal this week. She is a super micro manager and all my coteachers are getting really frazzled since they have to deal with her. It has been about the English library all week...
So in this new library the moms are going to come in the afternoon and help me with the children. So they need their own computer and desk. There was an extra computer down on the second floor so my co teacher asked if they could use it. They got the okay. The computer guy came and they were hooking it up. Then the principal came up and was freaking out! No one told her that they were moving the computer. So she throws a fit and the computer guy has to take it back down to the second floor. She told my co teacher that we can get the computer, but she has to ask again tomorrow.
Second she was angry because there was a small partition blocking my desk from view from the outside. You can just see my head but everything else is blocked. She was mad because she wants everyone to see me... Um they could, but whatever.
Yesterday there were problems too. We were trying to move around my desk and the mom's desk. The principal wanted it a certain way, but it wasn't working. So the mom's found a better way, but we aren't allowed to move our desks until the principal checks the room. (we would be moving the desk about 1 foot forward, but still we must ask lol).
Last week she was mad about the special English play. In the play there wasn't enough English and it was kindof silly. However, she wanted to get the cheapest one. Now she is mad that it was bad. I guess no one ever told her that you get what you pay for...
Last the students were going on a feild trip to a bunch of different places. That morning principal had a dream about an accident and canceled the trip. Poor kids.
So in the end be Casanova silly and not principal silly ;). People will like you more for it!
Saturday, July 2, 2011
It is good...
Sometimes I wonder if it is worth it to study all these words. To just learn all these for a test seems pointless. Why bother? It is good to see that when I take a practice test I recognize the words and I can confidently pick out the answer. It is good when I read a book and I see the words being used. It helped me to see that even though some of the words I know I'll probably never use or see again there are a great deal of them I can and should use when I am writing.
So I'm trying to not just memorize for a test now, I'm trying to memorize to improve my craft... A much more worthy goal for me :).
After the test I want to continue to learn new words. So lucky for me there are so many word a day apps out there. I don't want to try and cram twenty new words in a day like I'm doing now, but if I can learn or just read about one new word a day I think that will be fun.
After the test it will be time to really get serious about my grad school applications. I'll have 4 months to finish editing stories and writing purpose statements. If I don't get in... I guess I have to try and find a job in America somewhere. Then try again next year. I guess if I don't get in two years in a row I'll look for some other way to do something I love.
So I'm trying to not just memorize for a test now, I'm trying to memorize to improve my craft... A much more worthy goal for me :).
After the test I want to continue to learn new words. So lucky for me there are so many word a day apps out there. I don't want to try and cram twenty new words in a day like I'm doing now, but if I can learn or just read about one new word a day I think that will be fun.
After the test it will be time to really get serious about my grad school applications. I'll have 4 months to finish editing stories and writing purpose statements. If I don't get in... I guess I have to try and find a job in America somewhere. Then try again next year. I guess if I don't get in two years in a row I'll look for some other way to do something I love.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
The Principal's Office
Getting called to the principal's office is never a good thing. In some ways it feels worse when you are a teacher. I think it has to do with having to be more responsible... or something... ;).
Anyway, One of my coteachers came in during my lunch and said the principal wanted to see all the English teachers. I was thinking that this was about "turning off the air con."
When we got down there I could see that the principal wasn't very happy. Since I had to be there... I was sure it involved me somehow.
So apparently during my canceled afternoon class a student hurt themselves. I was home sick and I called in and such. But some students didn't get the message I guess. I believed that since they were making such a big deal out of it, that the student hurt themselves in the classroom. Since ALL the English teachers were there to talk with the principal.
One of my co teachers told me the principal was trying to find out whose fault it was... Later on in the conversation we found out the kid hurt themselves in the bathroom by standing on the toilet-paper rack and it broke. The kid's leg scraped on something and got a deep cut (about 20 cm) and needed stitches.
Now, lets look at the story. The kid hurt themselves in the BATHROOM. I am pretty sure that it is a GOOD thing that we don't watch our students pee. They are looking for someone to blame? Ummmm how about the student?
Well, that is just silly. It is my coteachers fault for not filling out paperwork that I was sick.
That's right. Because she didn't fill out paperwork... The boy stood on a toilet-paper rack and hurt himself.
Oh my gas range this is silly...
Anyway, One of my coteachers came in during my lunch and said the principal wanted to see all the English teachers. I was thinking that this was about "turning off the air con."
When we got down there I could see that the principal wasn't very happy. Since I had to be there... I was sure it involved me somehow.
So apparently during my canceled afternoon class a student hurt themselves. I was home sick and I called in and such. But some students didn't get the message I guess. I believed that since they were making such a big deal out of it, that the student hurt themselves in the classroom. Since ALL the English teachers were there to talk with the principal.
One of my co teachers told me the principal was trying to find out whose fault it was... Later on in the conversation we found out the kid hurt themselves in the bathroom by standing on the toilet-paper rack and it broke. The kid's leg scraped on something and got a deep cut (about 20 cm) and needed stitches.
Now, lets look at the story. The kid hurt themselves in the BATHROOM. I am pretty sure that it is a GOOD thing that we don't watch our students pee. They are looking for someone to blame? Ummmm how about the student?
Well, that is just silly. It is my coteachers fault for not filling out paperwork that I was sick.
That's right. Because she didn't fill out paperwork... The boy stood on a toilet-paper rack and hurt himself.
Oh my gas range this is silly...
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Such a Charming Man.
This morning I woke up too early and before my alarm. This was a good thing for my dog Casanova since that meant a little more walking time in the morning. So he was doing his thing and this guy walks up and starts clicking his tongue at him. Now, a friend and I have talked about this and we both hate it. It is really distracting for my dog (who loves everyone) to try and poop and then someone is trying to get his attention. This causes my dog to jump up in the middle of pooping and then that gets poop on his hair... guess who gets to cut that out? Not the people clicking their tongues...
Also I get annoyed when people pet him while he is pooping... Come on... How would you like to be touched while doing your thing?
Anyways back to my new friend. He clicking at my dog and then he asked where I was from. I told him "the U.S." He asked me if I spoke korean and I said no. So he starts going through his bag. I just follow my dog and let him wander a bit. My dog is now walking off and I follow and the man yells "Hey Hey" I say "Goodbye" and follow my dog and pick up his second poo. While I'm doing that the man catches up and pulls out a paper with people who have really bad acne. Then he points to my face...
Ummmm. I don't care what culture you are from. It is rude to go up to a stranger on the street and point at their acne. I would also like to say that mine isn't as bad as those pictures. So I wave him away and he is trying to get me to sit at some tables. Right now I'm picking up dogs poop and I'm not in the mood to have someone pointing at my face. I say goodbye again and he follows with a "Hey hey!" Sadly my dog has to poop for the THIRD time and I have to stop and pick it up. The man runs over and then trips on my poor dog (who was actually standing still). Casanova runs over to me with his ears back. I glare at the man and comfort my dog.
The man says, "Here sit sit."
I say, "I have no time."
While I walk into my building I hear,"Hey, hey!"
I wonder if this charming man is single? ugh.
Also I get annoyed when people pet him while he is pooping... Come on... How would you like to be touched while doing your thing?
Anyways back to my new friend. He clicking at my dog and then he asked where I was from. I told him "the U.S." He asked me if I spoke korean and I said no. So he starts going through his bag. I just follow my dog and let him wander a bit. My dog is now walking off and I follow and the man yells "Hey Hey" I say "Goodbye" and follow my dog and pick up his second poo. While I'm doing that the man catches up and pulls out a paper with people who have really bad acne. Then he points to my face...
Ummmm. I don't care what culture you are from. It is rude to go up to a stranger on the street and point at their acne. I would also like to say that mine isn't as bad as those pictures. So I wave him away and he is trying to get me to sit at some tables. Right now I'm picking up dogs poop and I'm not in the mood to have someone pointing at my face. I say goodbye again and he follows with a "Hey hey!" Sadly my dog has to poop for the THIRD time and I have to stop and pick it up. The man runs over and then trips on my poor dog (who was actually standing still). Casanova runs over to me with his ears back. I glare at the man and comfort my dog.
The man says, "Here sit sit."
I say, "I have no time."
While I walk into my building I hear,"Hey, hey!"
I wonder if this charming man is single? ugh.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
This is what I'm doing. I hope it is enough.
Last week I had to get more serious about the GRE. I've been working on my 250 word pack at school, but I haven't gotten near my 500 pack. So last week I set a goal for 20 words a day and then review all my old words. I stuck to it and I'm 100 words richer. So even with just those added words I've been doing great on my practice tests. So I though I should try the Math tests... I got only the geometry questions right. I bombed the Algebra and Arithmetic. Then came Data Analysis... I don't want to think about that one... So since I'm doing okay in Verbal I have to take a look at improving my Math so I don't look like a complete idiot.
I started looking for tutors. All the good ones are way to expensive for my budget, but I found a sight that will give me 20 hours for $160. They started out at $200, but went down when I said I wouldn't sign on right away. I don't get to talk to them. It is just using white board and typing, but it is better than nothing so I start next week. One hour each day at school.
I'm also doing pratice at Number2. com and I'm signing up on another online sight that just cost $10, but they have the best practice tests and they explain the answers really well.
So at school I spend 2 hours after class with practice tests and online study. Then I'll have an hour with my tutor.
Get home it is vocab time. Then it is writing time for the GRE. Luckly they post all 200 questions for the Issue Essay. I'm going to start making notes on those so I can have some prepared argument. If I get lucky I'll get a question that I prepared for... It is also good to read the news which is probably the easiest part of studying.
The next 5 weeks is all about the GRE. This is the most studying I have EVER done for anything. The ACT I didn't study at all. The first time I took the GRE I didn't crack a book. Sure both times I still did above adverage, but I want to do better. I've been out of college for some time. The way I lost my my skills scares me. I was in advanced math in High School... What happened?!
I started looking for tutors. All the good ones are way to expensive for my budget, but I found a sight that will give me 20 hours for $160. They started out at $200, but went down when I said I wouldn't sign on right away. I don't get to talk to them. It is just using white board and typing, but it is better than nothing so I start next week. One hour each day at school.
I'm also doing pratice at Number2. com and I'm signing up on another online sight that just cost $10, but they have the best practice tests and they explain the answers really well.
So at school I spend 2 hours after class with practice tests and online study. Then I'll have an hour with my tutor.
Get home it is vocab time. Then it is writing time for the GRE. Luckly they post all 200 questions for the Issue Essay. I'm going to start making notes on those so I can have some prepared argument. If I get lucky I'll get a question that I prepared for... It is also good to read the news which is probably the easiest part of studying.
The next 5 weeks is all about the GRE. This is the most studying I have EVER done for anything. The ACT I didn't study at all. The first time I took the GRE I didn't crack a book. Sure both times I still did above adverage, but I want to do better. I've been out of college for some time. The way I lost my my skills scares me. I was in advanced math in High School... What happened?!
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